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The makers of the upcoming LEGO MMO "LEGO Universe" told MTV Multiplayer that the game will be delayed until after 2009 due to other new product lines launching this year.
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Today, Lego announced that its upcoming Lego MMO "LEGO Universe," developed by NetDevil, will not be released this year as planned. In a phone interview conducted moments ago with the LEGO Group's director of business development and project lead Mark Hansen, he said the decision was not because of development but because of other products.
"We've made a strategic decision within Lego to delay the launch of 'LEGO Universe,'" Hansen said. "It's more strategic in relation to product launches that we have within Lego and not the game. [We have] new product lines that are coming out... We don't want to make a big splash [with 'LEGO Universe'] in the market where its success could take focus away from [the other products]. It's about finding the timing, and when it is correct that we should actually launch ['LEGO Universe'] to get the most effect out of it."
We'll have more of our interview with Hansen later today.
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